# Duchess of Cornwall becomes Patron of the National Literacy Trust

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2010/11/18/duchess-cornwall-becomes-patron-national-literacy-trust/
- Published: 2010-11-18T14:29:43+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall has become Patron of the National Literacy
Trust. The announcement was made at a reception, attended by the Duchess and famous
children’s authors, which marked 15 years of the National Literacy Trust’s programme
for children in disadvantaged communities.**

A class of thirty children aged nine and ten from St Augustine’s CE Primary School
in Westminster were the lucky winners of a “bus journey of reading” which saw the
bus travel down London’s Pall Mall to Clarence House to collect Her Royal Highness
The Duchess of Cornwall.

Armed with their ‘golden tickets’, the youngsters boarding the Routemaster number
15 bus were greeted by bus conductor Wally (of Where’s Wally? fame) and enjoyed 
storytelling and activity sessions by children’s authors including Jeremy Strong
and Tommy Donbavand.

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After the bus journey, The Duchess of Cornwall met supporters past and present at
a reception to celebrate the work of the charity’s National Young Readers’ Programme
in encouraging hundreds of thousands of disadvantaged youngsters to develop a love
of reading.

Director of the National Literacy Trust, Jonathan Douglas, said: “Her Royal Highness’s
support will help us to ensure children and adults across the UK have the literacy
skills they need for a happier, healthier and more prosperous life”.

www.literacytrust.org.uk

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